Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American musician. He was the leader of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch. Petty was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and had success as a solo artist.
Petty had many hit records. Hit singles with the Heartbreakers include “American Girl” (1976), “Don’t Do Me Like That” (1979), “Refugee” (1980), “The Waiting” (1981), “Don’t Come Around Here No More” (1985) and “Learning to Fly” (1991). Petty’s solo hits include “I Won’t Back Down” (1989), “Free Fallin’” (1989), and “You Don’t Know How It Feels” (1994). Solo or with the Heartbreakers, he had hit albums from the 1970s through the 2010s and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[1]
Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Petty was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy.[2] He also had a minor acting career, most notably starring in a recurring role as the voice of Lucky Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy series King of the Hill from 2004 to the show’s end in 2009.[3]
Petty died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 66, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers’ 40th Anniversary Tour in 2017.[4][5]
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Monday:
Write your spelling words inside your Spelling Journal 5 times each in ABC order.
Tuesday:
Write your spelling words inside your spelling journal and include a definition for each word.
Wednesday:
Use your Spelling words in a story and include an illustration of the story. Or use your spelling Words in sentences that you write inside your spelling journal.
Reading Class:
Charlie will be reading the magazine above and Petty: The Biography for 30 minutes each day. Then Charlie will write two facts he learned each day in his Reading Journal.
You can visit your local library for books on Tom Petty for your children to read as we got our book through Amazon.
Math Class:
Look up awards Tom Petty one.
Or how many songs he has written.
How many States and how many times he toured those States.
How many hit songs did they have?
Use your answers to create 5 math problems for someone in your home to work out. Then let them create 5 math problems for you to do. Write the math problems in your math journal.
Drama Class/ Music Class
Look up and learn one of Tom Pettys songs and perform the song for your family. Or look up a scene from the show he was in and perform a scene for your family.
Write a description inside your Drama/ Music Journal.
Take a Field Trip to a Resales or vintage store for clothes to wear during your performance.
Cooking Class:
See if you can find out what Tom Petty liked to eat and prepare if your family. To prepare the dish take a Field Trip to the Grocery Store to purchase the supplies.
If you can’t figure out what Tom Petty liked to eat, then you should look up his Hometown and prepare a dish its famous for.
Write the recipe to what you made in your Cooking Journal which will get turned into a cookbook at the end of the year.
Art Class:
Create a drawing of things you learned about Tom Petty using different styles of art and supplies. Write a description of your Art in your Art Journal.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
